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F. A. CLARK.

IRONING TABLE.

No. 390,754. Patented Oct. 9, 1888.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT @EETCE.

FREDERICK A. CLARK, OF NE\VARK, NEW JERSEY.

lRONlNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,754, dated October9, 1888.

A pplication filed February 11, 1887. Renewed April 4, 1888. Serial No.269,547. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, FREDERICK A. CLARK, of Newark, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedIroning-Table, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to'provide a new and improvedironing-tablewhich is simple and durable in construction and can be easily folded up.

Theinvention consists in the construction and arrangement of variousparts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fullydescribed hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all thcfigures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 isa plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is an end view ot'thc same, and Fig. 4 is a plan viewof my improvement when folded up.

The ironing-board A is provided on one end with two parallel sides. A A,adapted to fit in horizontal grooves B B, formed on the inside of theside supports, B B.

On the under side of the board A are secured the trunnions C C, whichproject side wise in opposite directions from each other and passthrough apertures formed on the side supports, B. On the outer end ofeach trunnion C is hung a leg, D, held in place .by the nut E, screwingon the end of the trunnion C. The legs D are united by the cross-bar D.On the outside, near the upper end of each side support, B, is secured awedge, F, against which operates the leg D.

The lower ends of the side supports, B, are united by the board G, andthe rest H is also provided near this lower end below the board G. Theupper end of the rest H is adapted to engage the cleatsI and J, securedto the under side of the frontend of the ironing-board A.

It will be seen that when the ironing-table is set up, as shown in Figs.1, 2, and 3, then the parallel sides A of the ironing-board A are heldin the grooves B by the legs D,which, pressing against the wedges F,hold the side supports, B, in contact with the ironing-board A. Thetable A is thus firmly supported and held in a horizontal position.

The rest Hcan be swung with its upper end against either the cleat I orJ, or it may be placed downward on the floor, as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 1. When the rest is in the position shown in full lines in Fig.1, then the ironing-board is used for general purposes.

NVhen the rest is swung against the cleat I, the table can be used forironing shirts, and when the rest H is swung downward on the floor thena skirt can be put on the ironingboard, after which the rest H is againswung upward until it rests on the cleat J.

The table is folded up by swinging the legs D to the position shown indotted lines in Fig. 1, whereby the side supports, B B, can move outwardon the trunnions C, and the parallel sides A are thus disengaged fromthe grooves 13', and the board can now be swung downward after the restis folded inward, as shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In an ironing-board, the combination ofsupports having grooves on their inner sides, a board pivoted betweenthe supports and having its edges constructed to enter the groovesthereimand means for locking the edges of the table in said grooves,substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In an ironing-table, the combinatiomwith an ironing-board andtrunnions secured to the said board on one end, of side supports havinggrooves to receive one end of the said board, wedges fastened to thesaid supports, and legs hung on the said trunnions and adapted to slideover the said wedges, substan tially as shown and described.

8. In an ironing -table, an ironing board having two parallel edges onone end, trunnions secured to the said end of the said board, and cleatsl'astened to the under side of the said board, in combination with sidesupports having grooves adapted to receive the said parallel edges,wedges secured to the said side supports, legs hung on the saidtrunnions and adapted to slide over the said wedges, means for holdingthe said legs in place on the trunnions, and a rest pivoted on one endof the said side supports and adapted to engage with its free end thesaid clcats,.snbstantially as shown and described.

FREDERICK A. CLARK.

\Vitnesses:

ELI A. LEWIS,

J urns A. CLARK.

